A Megaigreja Hillsong no Brasil : a constituição de um campo religioso transnacional entre o Brasil e a Australia

Cristina Rocha

A Megaigreja Hillsong no Brasil : a constituição de um campo religioso transnacional entre o Brasil e a Australia

Translated title of the contribution: Hillsong arrives in Brazil : building a transnational religious field between Brazil and Australia

Cristina Rocha

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Brazil is the largest Pentecostal country in the world and is home to several megachurches. However, the Australian megachurch Hillsong chose the city of Sao Paulo to establish one of its branches in 2016. In this article I investigate the transnational connections that led to the arrival of Hillsong in Brazil. I argue that the intensification of globalization processes of the past two decades (particularly new Information and Communication Technologies), and a desire to be part of the Global North played a key role in the presence of the megachurch in the imagination of young Christian Brazilians, which eventually paved the way for the megachurch to be established in the country. In particular, I analyze the existence of a transnational religious field between Australia and Brazil. This concept accounts for the way global religious institutions affect the everyday life of immigrants, those who stay behind, and those who return.

Translated title of the contribution	Hillsong arrives in Brazil : building a transnational religious field between Brazil and Australia
Original language	Portuguese
Pages (from-to)	162-181
Number of pages	20
Journal	Plural
Volume	23
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Australia
Brazil
Pentecostalism
religion
transnationalism

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